“A prolonged discrete anomalously warm water event that can be described by its duration, intensity, rate of evolution, and spatial extent.”
Hobday et al. (2016)
“Homarus americanus”
Hobday, Alistair J., Lisa V. Alexander, Sarah E. Perkins, Dan A. Smale, Sandra C. Straub, Eric C.J. Oliver, Jessica A. Benthuysen, et al. 2016. “A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves.” Progress in Oceanography 141: 227–38. doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2015.12.014.